Big Ten Recruiting Rankings: 7-1-12

While the pace of recruiting has slowed for Michigan, the same cannot be said for the rest of the Big Ten, as eight of the 12 conference teams (plus Notre Dame) picked up commits this week. Notre Dame, Ohio State, and Penn State continue to be in a dogfight for second place, while Indiana goes back to being Indiana after briefly remembering they have a football team. Changes since the last rankings:

^The average of the average rankings of the four recruiting services (the previous four columns). The figure is calculated based on the raw numbers and then rounded, so the numbers above may not average out exactly.

NOTE: Unranked recruits are counted as two-star players.

On to the full data after the jump.

#1 Michigan - 22 Commits

Name

Position

State

Rivals

Scout

24/7

ESPN

Patrick Kugler

OL

PA

4

5

4

4

Shane Morris

QB

MI

4

5

4

4

Dymonte Thomas

S

OH

4

5

4

4

Kyle Bosch

OL

IL

4

4

4

4

Jake Butt

TE

OH

4

4

4

4

David Dawson

OL

MI

4

4

4

4

Chris Fox

OL

CO

4

4

4

4

Ben Gedeon

LB

OH

4

4

4

4

Jourdan Lewis

CB

MI

4

4

4

4

Mike McCray

LB

OH

4

4

4

4

Henry Poggi

DT

MD

4

4

4

4

Logan Tuley-Tillman

OL

IL

4

4

4

4

Wyatt Shallman

ATH

MI

4

4

4

3

Taco Charlton

DE

OH

4

3

4

4

Gareon Conley

CB

OH

3

4

4

4

DeVeon Smith

RB

OH

3

4

4

4

Maurice Hurst Jr.

DT

MA

3

4

4

3

Jaron Dukes

WR

OH

3

4

3

4

Khalid Hill

TE

MI

3

3

3

3

Csont'e York

WR

MI

3

3

3

3

Channing Stribling

CB

NC

2

2

3

NR

Scott Sypniewski

LS

IL

2

2

2

NR

No change for the Wolverines.

#2 Notre Dame - 16 Commits

Name

Position

State

Rivals

Scout

24/7

ESPN

Jaylon Smith

LB

IN

5

5

5

4

Hunter Bivin

OL

KY

4

4

4

4

Steven Elmer

OL

MI

4

4

4

4

Mike Heuerman

TE

FL

4

4

4

4

Mike McGlinchey

OL

PA

4

4

4

4

Isaac Rochell

DE

GA

4

4

4

4

Malik Zaire

QB

OH

4

4

4

4

John Montelus

OL

MA

4

4

3

4

Colin McGovern

OL

IL

3

4

4

4

Jacob Matuska

DE

OH

3

4

4

3

James Onwualu

WR

MN

3

4

3

4

Danny Mattingly

TE

WA

3

4

3

3

Corey Robinson

WR

TX

3

4

3

3

Rashad Kinlaw

ATH

NJ

3

3

4

4

Devin Butler

CB

DC

3

3

3

4

Michael Deeb

LB

FL

3

3

3

4

The Irish add WA TE Danny Mattingly and FL LB Michael Deeb. As you can see, Notre Dame's star average—like those of Michigan and Ohio State—is inching down as they begin filling out their class.

The Nittany Lions make the biggest recruiting splash this week, picking up blue-chip in-state lineman Dorian Johnson, in-state LB Zayd Issah, and MD WR Zach Bradshaw. Bill O'Brien is doing a remarkable job with his first recruiting class, which sits just a notch below the classes of Michigan, Notre Dame, and Ohio State in terms of quality.

#5 Illinois - 15 Commits

Name

Position

State

Rivals

Scout

24/7

ESPN

Aaron Bailey

QB

IL

4

4

4

4

Caleb Day

CB

OH

4

3

3

3

Darius Mosely

CB

IL

3

3

3

4

Jarrod Clements

DE

OH

3

3

3

3

Reon Dawson

CB

OH

3

3

3

3

Christian DiLauro

TE

OH

3

3

3

3

Kenton Gibbs

DT

MI

3

3

3

3

Merrick Jackson

DT

IL

3

3

3

3

Dillan Cazley

CB

IL

3

3

2

3

Joshua Jones

S

MI

3

3

2

NR

Kendrick Foster

RB

IL

3

2

2

3

Dawuane Smoot

DE

OH

3

2

NR

NR

Jesse Chadwell

OL

MI

2

3

3

3

Austin Schmidt

OL

OH

2

2

2

3

Bryce Douglas

DT

IL

NR

NR

NR

NR

The Illini continue to make noise on the recruiting trail, picking up MI S Joshua Jones and OH DE Dawuane Smoot and passing Nebraska in the process. Illinois will need to add some quality to the top of the class to stay at #5, but this is still an impressive haul for Tim Beckman.

#6 Iowa - 15 Commits

Name

Position

State

Rivals

Scout

24/7

ESPN

David Kenney

DE

IN

4

4

3

4

Colin Goebel

OL

IL

3

3

3

3

Delano Hill

S

MI

3

3

3

3

Brant Gressel

DT

OH

3

3

3

3

John Kenny

LB

IN

3

3

3

3

Derrick Mitchell Jr.

S

MO

3

3

3

3

Malik Rucker

S

MN

3

3

3

3

Solomon Warfield

S

OH

3

3

3

3

Sean Welsh

OL

OH

3

3

3

3

Derrick Willies

WR

IL

3

3

3

3

Nathan Bazata

DT

NE

3

2

3

3

Nic Shimonek

QB

TX

3

2

3

3

Trevon Young

LB

IA

NR

2

NR

NR

Ike Boettger

TE

IA

NR

NR

NR

2

Andre Harris

ATH

MO

NR

NR

NR

NR

The Hawkeyes also leap Nebraska after picking up three commits—OH S Solomon Warfield, IA LB Trevon Young, and IA TE Ike Boettger—in one day. Like Illinois, they'll need to add some four-star types to the class to stay ahead of the Huskers.

The Wildcats continue their recent recruiting surge by adding NJ ATH Kyle Queiro and CA RB Warren Miles-Long. Macan Wilson picks up two stars from 247 and three from ESPN.

#11 Purdue - 6 Commits

Name

Position

State

Rivals

Scout

24/7

ESPN

Danny Etling

QB

IN

4

3

3

3

Randy Gregory

DE

AZ

3

3

3

JC

David Yancey

RB

IN

3

2

3

NR

Brisly Estime

ATH

FL

3

2

NR

NR

Jake Replogle

DE

OH

NR

2

2

NR

John Strauser

DE

IL

NR

2

NR

NR

The Boilermakers double their class size with the additions of FL ATH Brisly Estime, OH DE Jake Replogle, and IL DE John Strauser. Both of Replogle's other brothers, Tyler and Adam, played for rival Indiana.

#12 Minnesota - 4 Commits

Name

Position

State

Rivals

Scout

24/7

ESPN

Keelon Brookins

CB

MN

3

3

3

3

Alex Mayes

OL

TX

3

3

3

3

Owen Salzwedel

DE

WI

NR

3

3

NR

Chris Streveler

QB

IL

NR

2

3

3

Chris Steveler picks up three stars on both 247 and ESPN.

#13 Indiana - 1 Commit

Name

Position

State

Rivals

Scout

24/7

ESPN

Isaac Griffith

WR

IN

3

2

3

3

After picking up their first commit a couple weeks ago, the Hoosiers go back to doing what they do best: paying attention to basketball.

Is the biggest priority for Ohio State over the next couple of months. Our major targets have already committed elsewhere, but thankfully there is still a year of HS football to be evaluated and 8 months between now and signing day to try and flip whoever.

Whomever*. And stop with the "Urban's gonna flip everyone" bit, it makes us all look bad.

That being said, the staff is looking for a tackle, and OGs are unlikely to be taken in this class. Price may switch to OG, but either way the current depth isn't as bad as it seems with the early enrollment from the 2012 class. I predict Kyle Meadows, an in-state guy gets the offer and commits, or else Finley commits, and Meadows never gets his offer.

Agree with Rational. Also, a couple reports have come out saying Chase Farris has switched to OL from DL. He was highly rated on both in high school and is making a good move in my opinion. I think his chances at starting DL in the next couple years were falling. Not that he was a bad DL, but our DL is and will be stocked with talent for the next few years. Similar to UM's OL. Oh, the battles to come.

Not just an OL, Farris is a tackle, which really bolsters the weak areas. With Mewhort, Norwell, Hall, Linsley, Underwood, Carter, Decker, Boren, Fragel, and now Farris, the depth issue really isn't an issue.

So I am relatively new to following recruiting, but I am an addict now. My question starts with a given. To my understanding, Michigan has 2 spots left in the 2013 class. If someone (like McQuay) wants to enroll early, we can put them in the 2012 class. Is there any scenario that allows for us to get 2 more PLUS early enrolee(s)? Or is there a total scholarship number that is also in play here?